| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: CRUZ, ABNER 0517 (AR2357) THE DEFENDANT, MS TERESA FRANCES TAMME, DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE OR ENDEAVOR TO TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF WAL-MART , TO WIT: A SWIMSUIT, A PENCIL POUCH, A PACK OF SOCKS, A PAIR OF CHILDREN'S SHORTS, A PACK OF CHILDREN'S UNDERWEAR, AND A PAIR OF NORTH CAROLINA BLUE BASKETBALL SHORTS, CARRYING AWAY THE SAID MERCHANDISE, WITH INTENT TO TEMPORARILY OR PERMANENTLY DEPRIVE, A MERCHANT, OF THE POSSESSION, USE, BENEFIT, OR FULL RETAIL VALUE OF SAID PROPERTY, SAID PROPERTY BEING OF A VALUE OF LESS THAN $300.00, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTES 812.015, 812.014(1), AND 812.014(3)(A). ON 080912 I RESPONDED TO THE WAL-MART SUPERCENTER IN HOMOSASSA, AT 6885 SOUTH SUNCOAST BOULEVARD, IN REFERENCE TO A RETAIL PETIT THEFT WHICH HAD ALREADY OCCURRED. UPON MY ARRIVAL, I MADE CONTACT WITH LOSS PREVENTION OFFICER, MR CASEY CLARKSON. HE STATED THAT HE HAD DETAINED A WHITE FEMALE, LATER IDENTIFIED AS THE DEFENDANT, MS TERESA TAMME, FOR SHOPLIFTING. HE STATED THAT THE DEFENDANT HAD TAKEN A SWIMSUIT, A PENCIL POUCH, A PACK OF SOCKS, A PAIR OF CHILDREN'S SHORTS, A PACK OF CHILDREN'S UNDERWEAR, AND A PAIR OF NORTH CAROLINA BLUE BASKETBALL SHORTS. HE STATED THAT THE DEFENDANT HAD PURCHASED SEVERAL GROCERY ITEMS, AND DID PAY FOR THEM AT A FRONT REGISTER. HOWEVER, MR CLARKSON ADVISED THAT THE DEFENDANT EXITED THE STORE, PASSING ALL FINAL POINTS OF SALE, WITH HER PAID GROCERIES AS WELL AS NUMEROUS AFOREMENTIONED MISCELLANEOUS UNPAID MERCHANDISE. MR CLARKSON ADVISED THAT AT THAT TIME, HE APPROACHED THE DEFENDANT, AND ADVISED HER THAT HE WAS A LOSS PREVENTION OFFICER. MR CLARKSON ASKED THE DEFENDANT TO COME TO HIS OFFICE, TO WHICH SHE COMPLIED. MR CLARKSON STATED THAT WHILE WAITING FOR THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO ARRIVE, THE DEFENDANT TOOK AN UNKNOWN AMOUNT OF PILLS, PUT THEM IN HER MOUTH, AND SWALLOWED THEM, ALL WHILE IN HIS OFFICE. MR CLARKSON ADVISED THAT HE DID BELIEVE THAT THESE WERE PRESCRIBED TO THE DEFENDANT. MR CLARKSON STATED THAT SEVERAL MINUTES LATER, THE DEFENDANT APPEARED TO LOSE CONSCIOUSNESS, AT WHICH TIME HE CONTACTED THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES (EMS) RESPONSE. UPON MY ARRIVAL, THE DEFENDANT WAS UNRESPONSIVE, AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES (EMS) HAD ARRIVED ON SCENE, AND WERE TRANSPORTING THE DEFENDANT TO SEVEN RIVERâS HOSPITAL. THE COMPLAINANT ADVISED THAT WAL-MART ONLY WISHED TO TRESPASS THE DEFENDANT FROM THE STORE, UNTIL SHE REGAINED CONSCIOUSNESS. MR CLARKSON STATED THAT WAL-MART DID WISH TO PROSECUTE THE DEFENDANT UPON HER RELEASE FROM SEVEN RIVERâS HOSPITAL. MR CLARKSON ADVISED THAT THE DEFENDANTâS PAID GROCERIES HAD BEEN LEFT AT THE SCENE AFTER HER TRANSPORT TO SEVEN RIVERâS HOSPITAL. HE ADVISED THAT THE DEFENDANTâS DAUGHTER WAS CONTACTED, WHO ARRIVED ON SCENE TO COLLECT HER MOTHERâS BELONGINGS, INCLUDING HER GROCERIES AND PURSE. HE ADVISED THAT THE DAUGHTER DELIVERED THE DEFENDANTâS PURSE TO SEVEN RIVERâS HOSPITAL, AS THE PURSE CONTAINED THE DEFENDANTâS MEDICATIONS. ON TODAYâS DATE, I MADE CONTACT WITH WAL-MART, WHO ADVISED THAT THEY WOULD LIKE THE DEFENDANT TO BE ISSUED A NOTICE TO APPEAR CITATION, AS SHE HAD BEEN RELEASED FROM SEVEN RIVERâS HOSPITAL, AND THEY WISHED TO PROSECUTE. I THEN RESPONDED TO THE DEFENDANTSâ ADDRESS, AT 2279 NORTH REYNOLDS AVENUE, WHERE I MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT. SHE WAS ADVISED OF THE DECISION BY WAL-MART TO PROSECUTE FOR THE CHARGE OF PETIT THEFT. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN ISSUED A NOTICE TO APPEAR (NTA) CITATION, NUMBER 17291, WITH A MANDATORY COURT DATE OF 083012 AT 1300 HOURS. THE DEFENDANT WAS ALSO TRESPASSED FROM THE WAL-MART SUPERCENTER, AND WAS PROVIDED WITH A COPY OF THE NTA. THE NOTICE TO APPEAR CITATION WAS LATER TURNED INTO CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE RECORDS NO FURTHER ACTION TAKEN BY THIS DEPUTY. |
